After Uruguay’s World Cup campaign came to an end, the Sampdoria midfielder is ready to take his chance of a transfer to the Premier League <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Uruguay midfielder Lucas Torreira has confirmed he is close to completing a move to Arsenal as he prepares for a medical at the Premier League club.<\/p>\n
Torreira, 22, is close to sealing a switch to England after two seasons with Sampdoria in Serie A.<\/p>\n
Goal<\/strong> previously reported the\u00a0midfielder would make the move after his country’s World Cup campaign and with Uruguay falling to France in the\u00a0quarter-finals on Friday, the path is now clear for\u00a0Torreira\u00a0to join the Gunners.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The midfielder, who made five appearances at the World Cup, confirmed he was set for a medical at Arsenal, denying him a chance to return to Montevideo with the rest of the Uruguay squad.<\/p>\n “I was very happy to leave for Uruguay with my team-mates,” Torreira told Telenoche,\u00a0“but this is a good opportunity and I don’t want to waste it.”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Torreira\u2019s father Ricardo confirmed earlier this month that a programme is being prepared to help his son to settle in England once the transfer is completed.<\/p>\n “There will be people that will accompany him,” he said.<\/p>\n “He won’t be alone. It’s a big change [going to England] and we don’t want to think about it yet because we’re scared.<\/p>\n “The truth is it’s tough to manage the language, adapt to the [London] society and customs and at the same time not lose ours.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n “But there’s a whole programme getting readied for Lucas.”<\/p>\n Torreira is set to join Stephan Lichtsteiner, Bernd Leno and Sokratis Papastathopoulos as off-season signings at Arsenal.<\/p>\n Sampdoria, meanwhile, have already prepared for Torreira\u2019s departure by signing Czech Republic international midfielder Jakub Jankto, who had previously been linked with Arsenal, from Serie A rivals Udinese.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After Uruguay’s World Cup campaign came to an end, the Sampdoria midfielder is ready to take his chance of a transfer to the Premier League Uruguay midfielder Lucas Torreira has confirmed he is close to completing a move to Arsenal as he prepares for a medical at the Premier League club. Torreira, 22, is close … <\/p>\n